Washing wringer



' Jan. 21, 1925.

' w. J. DIL

WASHI'NG WRINGER Fil ed Feb. '7. 1922 Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

WILLIAM JAMES DIL, OF MOUNT EDEN, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

WASHING WRINGER.

Application filed February 7, 1922. Serial No. 534,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMns DIL, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 4 Boston Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented a new and useful Washing ii ringer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the ordinary and well known type of washing wringers in which a pair of rubber, or rubber coated, rollers are arranged one above the other between spring clamps or jaws that engage and bear upon the roller spindles so as to force the peripheries of the rollers together, and which jaws are attached to the tops oi? brackets that are adapted to be secured to the edge of a washing tub in order that the wringer so positioned may have the clothes fed from the tub through between the rollers.

Hitherto these wringers have been so constructed as to provide for the rollers being positioned within the inside of the tub, so that the water expressed thereby should flow into such tub. This has necessitated the mounting of the roller holding clamps on the brackets in such a manner as to provide for this object, with the result that the rollers are arranged to one side of the vertical line of the tub edge and brackets. Thus, an unstable efiect is the result of the side strains produced in the operation of the wringer.

The present invention has been designed primarily with the object of providing a construction of wringer under which the rollers are disposed with their spindlesin a vertical line with the brackets and the tub edge so as to obtain greater stability, compactness and strength. The invention also provides for an attachment to the wringer whereby the water dropping from the rollers may be caught and thrown to either side of the wringer so as to be returned to the tub from which the clothes are being taken.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an end elevation, and

Figure 2 a side elevation of a wringer embodying the invention.

Figure 3 is an underneath plan of the water deflecting attachment.

As shown, two end brackets A-A are provided and each is shaped at its lower end to pass down over the edge of a tub B and to be fastened thereto by means of a pinch screw A in the well known way. According to this invention however, each bracket is formed with a long top C, and one arm of the usual form of spring jaws D is laid along said top and secured thereto by set screws d, the other arm overlying the fixed arm so that the spindles E of the rollers F may be arranged in the usual way between the arms of the jaws at each end. The jaw arms are made with the usual bends c therein to act as journals for the spindles and to position one roller above the other in the manner required. These bends are disposed about vertically over the central vertical line of the bracket A at each end, so as thus to provide the required stability for the rollers in their operation. The downward tension of the upper roller on the lower, caused by the spring in the jaws D, may be eased at any time by providing the upper arm of each jaw with a set screw G threaded down through its outer end, and bearing with its lower end upon the lower arm of the jaw.

The ends of the rollers F may be enclosed at each end of the wringer by a cover plate H shaped to extend over the end area of both rollers and to slightly overlap their peripheries and formed with apertures through which the respective spindles E pass loosely. These cover plates are arranged bctween the bracket A at each end and the adjacent roller ends and will thus be retained in position.

J is the usual tie rod extending between the brackets A and serving to tie the brackets together and to keep the wringer parts assembled in the working positions.

A drain plate attacl'nnent M is mounted on this rod, the plate being shaped to extend out on both sides or" the rod and being pivotally mounted thereon by means of the brackets m so that it may turn. The plate is made to extend across the full width oi the machine and is preferably shaped with curves extending transversely from the cen tral rod J. Fixed to the inside of each bracket A, at a suitable point above the plate, is an inverted triangular shaped block N which is adapted to act as a stop piece and to engage the plate at as it is tipped to either side. Thus this plate, which will catch the water dropping from the rollers above, may be positioned to drain in the central Vertiealplane of sa'idbrackets,

and mounted on spindlas jou'malled between the arms ofsaid -spring bows, and adraim ing; plate pivotally mounted to extend between the brackets beneath the rollers.

' "In testimony" whereof, I":ifiix my signature.

WILLIAM JAMES DIL.

Witnesses DAVID BROWN HUTTON, WILLIAM HENRY M cComm 1- 

